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1; 57712 - The Genuine life, confession and dying speech of Richard Walton, student in astrology and physick. Written by himself. 3rd edition. (Birmingham : printed by T. Warren and sold by G. Hopkinson in Warwick) Frontis. 48pp 1733?. Printing. Books printed in Birmingham.

1; 63001 - Sutton & Ash v. C. Shaw (for libel) Report of the trial. 78pp. 1850. Trials. - 1850

1; 66873 - Hundred and Borough Courts. Report of a meeting at the Odd Fellows' Hall, February 14th 1852, relative to the abuses of the above courts. 29pp. 1852. Sessions and Recorders. - 1852

1; 273994 - JACOB (HENRY) Plan of the boundary line between the township of the borough and the township of the foreign of Walsall, in the county of Stafford. With a copy of the artibtrators' award determining such boundary line. 22pp. - 1816

06; 26046 - Law Society (Birmingham). Catalogue of the library, with a subject index and supplementary volume, 1881 to 1892. 2 volumes. 1880-92. - 1881-1902

06; 57676 - List of officers, committee and members; memorandum and articles of association and catalogue of the library. 1873. Law Society (Birmingham). - 1873

06; 130493 - Ryland (A) Suggestions connected with the consolidation of the statutes. Read at the meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, Birmingham, 1855. 20pp. 1856. Law Association (Metropolitan and Provincial), Birmingham Meeting, 1855. - 1856

06; 130494 - Proceedings and resolutions of the 11th annual provincial meeting, Birmingham, 1884. Law Society of the United Kingdom - 1884

06; 140932 - Annual report of the committee. With statement of accounts 1888, 1890 etc. 1889 etc.. Law Society (Birmingham).

06; 183155 - Subject catalogue; table of law reports; catalogue of reference department. 1904. Law Society (Birmingham). - 1904

06; 316566 - Address. Delivered at the annual Provincial Meeting of the Incorporated Law Society held at Birmingham, October 1884. 32pp. 1884. SAUNDERS (CORNELIUS THOMAS). - 1884

06; 435572 - The Birmingham Law Society's Library. An appendix to the Society's report for 1934. (Kynoch Press) Port. Illus. 24pp. 1935 NOTE - Bound with reports 1927-50.

06; 662033 - Diary, 1959-1960 to 1965-66.

11; 530965 - The duty of the respective officers appointed by the Court Leet, in the Manor of Birmingham, as ascertained and presented by the Jury, 1779. 1789. Facsimile reprint. 8pp. (Four Oaks) 1941. LEE (THOMAS) the elder, attorney of Birmingham. - 1941

12; 63022 - Parkes (J) The state of the Court of Requests and the Public Office of Birmingham with considerations on the increase of crime, the establishment of a local prison, with Petty Sessions etc. 24pp. 1828. Crime. - 1828

12; 124167 - Courts of Requests. Their nature, utility and powers described, with a variety of cases, determined in that of Birmingham. 1806. *HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1806

12; 264178 - Curious cases and amusing actions at law. (Sweet and Maxwell) 1916 NOTE - Part 1 consists of cases taken from Hutton's "Birmingham Court of Requests". Requests (Court of). - 1916

12; 457408 - Courts of Requests. Their nature, utility and powers described, with a variety of cases, determined in that of Birmingham. 1790. *HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1790

13; 5863 - Britain's happiness : an assize sermon preached at St. Mary's Church, Warwick, April 1792. - 1792

13; 10283 - The doctrine of a future state necessary to the welfare and support of civil government : a sermon preached at the assizes held at Warwick, March 1739. - 1739

13; 10384 - Two sermons on the prevention and correction of crime preached at St. Mary's Church, Warwick, at the Spring and Summer assizes, 1823. - 1823

13; 57689 - The trial of J. Binns, Deputy of the London Corresponding Society for sedition (at Birmingham). Taken in short-hand by H. Bynner and published with notes by the defendant. 84pp. 1797. BINNS (JOHN) Work relating to. - 1797

13; 62720 - Trial of Joseph Russell for a political libel, being Mr. Hone's parody on the Litany. 53pp. 1819. RUSSELL (JOSEPH) Works relating to. - 1819

13; 67106 - Trial of Rebecca Hodges, for setting fire to ricks at Ward End, near Birmingham. (Warwick) 75pp. 1818. Ward End. - 1818

13; 177431 - The doctrine of a future state necessary to the welfare and support of civil government : a sermon preach'd at the assizes held at Warwick by the Mr. Justice Page, March 28th 1739. - 1739

13; 177432 - Nothing but religion can secure our peace, etc. : a sermon preached at Warwick assizes. - 1715

13; 177442 - Of obedience for conscience-sake : a sermon preach'd at the assizes at Warwick, August 7th 1683. - 1683

13; 177747 - The nature and efficacy of the fear of God in private and public life and the contrary dreadful effects that attend the want of it : a sermon preached at the Assize at Warwick, July 1761. - 1761

13; 177753 - Elias the second etc. set forth in a sermon preach'd in Warwick at the General Assize, August 19th 1661. - 1662

13; 177761 - A sermon preach'd at the assizes held in Warwick, April the 1st.1690 / by John Willes, D.D. ; published at the request of the high sheriff and grand jury, for the County of Warwick. - 1690

13; 177764 - A sermon preach'd at the assizes held at Warwick, April 2nd, 1712 before Mr. Justice Dormer. - 1712

13; 177997 - A sermon preached in Saint Mary's Church, Warwick at the Lent assizes,1837. - 1837

13; 177998 - A sermon preached in Saint Mary's Church, Warwick at the Summer Assizes, 1837. - 1837

13; 273982 - Maran-atha : a sermon preached before the judges of assize at Warwick, July 25th 1651. - 1652

13; 339798 - A sermon preached at the assizes held in Warwick : August the first, 1681 / by John Inett, M.A. late of Vniversity College in Oxon. now Vicar of Nun-Eaton in Warwickshire. - 1681

13; 339799 - A sermon preached at the assizes held in Warwick, March 1682/3. - 1683

22; 434461 - City of Birmingham. Calendar of prisoners at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace at the Victoria Courts, 1st May 1933. 7pp. 1933. Victoria Courts. - 1933

32; 295636 - HUMPHREYS (T.S.) Notes on High Court practice and procedure in the district registry of the High Court of Justice. 49pp. - 1921

32; 308544 - HUMPHREYS (T.S.) Notes on High Court practice and procedure in the district registry of the High Court of Justice. 2nd edition enlarged and revised. 51pp. NOTE - Later editions printed in London. See Reference Library Catalogue - 1923

33; 537513 - [A collection of newspaper cuttings : public notices relating to Birmingham bankruptcies, joint stock companies, partnerships, etc.].

41 Missing 1964; 323797 - City of Birmingham. Regulations made by the justices for the management and electric lighting of theatres, music halls, cinematograph exhibitions, etc. and for the construction and alterations of buildings for such purposes (including houses for the sale of intoxicants). 1913. Another edition with revised regulations to 1924 inserted. 1913-24. Cinematograph Exhibitions.

41; 245889 - Report [of the Licensing Committee, with report and statement of receipts and payments] of the Licensing (Compensation) Committee of the Justices. - 1906 -

41; 323797 - City of Birmingham. Regulations made by the Justices for the management and electric lighting of theatres, music halls, cinematograph exhibitions, etc. and for the construction and alterations of buildings for such purposes. Including houses for the sale of intoxicants. 1913. With revised regulations to 1924 inserted. 1913-24. Music Halls.

41; 639033 - Licensing in the city of Birmingham : Birmingham surrender scheme. - 1903

44; 318352 - City of Birmingham. Reports of the Public Entertainments Committee of Justices. 1st (1917)-- NOTE :- 1940 not published. Justices of the peace.

46; 202625 - City of Birmingham. Report of the Visiting (Justices') Committee of H.M. Prison on the proceedings of the Children's Court, 1906 - 1916, 1918 - 1939, 1941-- NOTE - 1. 1917 wanting 2. 1940 not published. Children's Court. - 1906 - [1941]

46; 221171 - Report of G. Bogue Smart, Inspector of British Immigrant Children etc. Including references to Birmingham Children's Court. (Ottawa) 1909. Children's Court. - 1909

47; 66990 - Birmingham. The Prison Act, 1877. Report of the Visiting (Justices') Committee, 2nd – 11th, 13th etc. 1880 etc. NOTE - Wants 1st (1878) and 12th (1889). Prisons.

93 Missing; 120277 - Plans and elevation of the Borough Gaol of Birmingham. From Second report of the Surveyor General of prisons on discipline and management of convict prisons, etc. 1847. Prisons. - 1847

93, 13661 - True account of the proceedings leading to, and report of, the Inquiry into the system of discipline at the Borough Gaol of Birmingham. 1853. ALLDAY (JOSEPH) Works edited by. - 1853

93, 306605 - True account of the proceedings leading to, and report of, the Inquiry into the system of discipline at the Borough Gaol of Birmingham. 1853. ALLDAY (JOSEPH) Works edited by. - 1853

93; 5330 - Borough of Birmingham. Regulations for the government of the Borough Prison, with rules for the visiting of justices and by-laws of the prison, 1866. 1866. Prisons. - 1866

94; 11247 - Report of the proceedings of a conference on preventive and reformatory schools, held at Birmingham, 1851. 1851 NOTE - This conference led to the establishment of the Birmingham Reformatory Institution. Reformatory Schools Conferences, Birmingham, 1851 and 1853.

94; 11248 - Report of proceedings at a public meeting for establishing the Birmingham Reformatory Institution. With list of officers and subscriptions. 16pp. 1853. Reformatory Institution (Birmingham). - 1853

94; 11249 - Report of the proceedings of the second conference on juvenile delinquency and preventive reformatory schools, held at Birmingham, 1853. 1854. Reformatory Schools Conferences, Birmingham, 1851 and 1853. - 1854

94; 11250 - Paper on the recent alterations of the law respecting the treatment of juvenile crime. Read at a meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association at Birmingham, 1855. 15pp. 1856. MORGAN (WILLIAM) Town Clerk of Birmingham. - 1856

94; 11251 - Annual report. 1st (1853) – 7th, 9th etc. 1854 etc.. Reformatory Institution (Birmingham).

94; 11254 - Girls' Reformatory, 45 Camden Street. Rules etc. 4pp. 1854. Reformatory Institution (Birmingham). - 1854

94; 11258 - Paper on the Reformatory and Industrial Schools Act. Read at the meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, at Liverpool, 1856. 8pp. 1856. MORGAN (WILLIAM) Town Clerk of Birmingham. - 1856

94; 130507 - Letter to the Earl of Lichfield, on the management of Saltley Reformatory, near Birmingham. (Stafford) 16pp. In Birmingham Reformatory Institution, Saltley. Reports and papers 1851-78. MULOCK (THOMAS).

94; 177419 - Saltley Reformatory. Jubilee retrospect. Illus. 46pp. 1903. Reformatory Institution (Birmingham). - 1903

94; 203736 - Letter to M.D. Hill, Recorder of Birmingham, on juvenille ragged industrial feeding schools. 9pp. 1853. THOMSON (ALEXANDER). - 1853

94; 203737 - The Arabs of the city. An address to the Young Men's Christian Association, 1853. 22pp. 1853 NOTE - In Birmingham Reformatory Institution Saltley Reports 1851-78. MORGAN (WILLIAM) Town Clerk of Birmingham.

94; 295080 - Conference of managers and superintendents of Reformatory and Industrial Institutions. Held in Birmingham, 1905. Record of proceedings. 1905. Reformatory and Industrial Institutions (Managers, etc. of), Conference, Birmingham. - 1905

99; 63679 - Report of a meeting at Birmingham, April 16, 1856, to form a local establishment for the relief and employment of discharged criminals. 8pp. 1856. Prisoners' Aid Society (Birmingham Discharged). - 1856

99; 67632 - Report (1st) 1856-9 –. 1860 – NOTE - From 1939 called Birmingham and West Midland Prisoners' Aid Society. Prisoners' Aid Society (Birmingham Discharged).

99; 662523 - Margery Fry Memorial Fund Annual report

99; 817259 - Report of the House Committee, Prospect Hill House, Birmingham. - 1972

201; 67212 - Designs for Corporate Buildings, Law Courts and Judges' Lodgings. Estates and Buildings Committee. Extract from Report to the Council with Mr. Waterhouse's Reports. (Borough of Birmingham) 20pp. 1871. Council House. - 1871

401; 290153 - City of Birmingham. Names and addresses of the Justices of the Peace: courts of summary jurisdiction etc. Rota for 1914 etc.. Justices of the Peace.

35930 - Wilding versus Bolden, for fraud. Report of the Vice-Chancellor, pronounced at Lincoln's Inn Hall, 9th June 1830. Refers to James and Betty Baker of Birmingham etc. 36pp. 1830. Trials. - 1830

62465 - Mr. Kennedy's argument in the Common Pleas against the rule obtained by defendants in Kennedy v. Brown & wife. 63pp. 1863?. *KENNEDY (CHARLES RANN).

62776 - Trial of W. Eginton, J. Eginton, T. Gibbons, & J. Fowles, for burglary, at the Soho, near Birmingham. (Stafford) 21pp. 1801. Soho. - 1801

62779 - Hunt v. Piercy and Potts. Accurate report of the cause of Hunt against J. Piercy and T. Potts, of Birmingham, for improperly using the mark "Brades Co." 57pp. 1819. Trials. - 1819

352665 - A miscarriage of justice. The case of George Edalji convicted October 1903 and sentenced on an unproved charge of horse maiming. Port. 64pp. 1905. EDALJI (SHAPURJI). - 1905

491490 - A correct report of the trial, the King v. Cotterell at Stafford Lent Assizes 1817. Also the particulars of the actions at Common Law Cotterell v. Stubbs etc. Containing reports published in Aris's Birmingham Gazette (Walsall) 55pp. 1817. Birmingham Gazette. - 1817

Trials D.1; 63684 - "Prince of Wales Club" prosecution. Queen v Bate. Proceedings at Birmingham Police Court. 45pp. 1877. Prince of Wales Club. - 1877

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